Fragmented items and curiosities from a Missouri press
A collection of scattered notes and quips referencing Rita's novel The Silent Woman, Spretckles’s son at work, plans for France’s 1911 world fair, Italian mobs and firecrackers, balloon stations in England, naval rivalries with Japan and Russia, cider and cod for rheumatism, Victorian thinkers, Queen Alexandra a fire, King Pete’s long reign, a Panama plot, self-control on snowballing streets, Langley submarine ideas, China army reforms, and London’s appetite for drink and excess.
Twain Eats Thanksgiving Dinner in Italy
The note reports that Mark Twain dined in Italy for Thanksgiving and may later reveal his thoughts on macaroni as a substitution for turkey.
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Mark Twain
Italy
English Child Emigration to Canada and Beyond
The London Times notes that in thirty four years forty thousand English children have been sent to Canada en route to the United States, with many continuing onward.
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The
London Times
Canada
United States
Scientist says sun losing heat in this season
A scientist asserts the sun is gradually losing heat, noting the remark fits the season.
Quip on Bad Shot Turns Into Self-Scolding Tale
A wry quip compares a hunter who shot a hole in his boat and took a ducking to the old joke of a man who cut away a limb between himself and a tree. The remark plays on misfortune and self-inflicted harm with dark humor.
End of season turns to studies and trifling pastimes
With football season finished the universities turn their attention to the rest of the year and choose pursuits such as mathematics science languages and related pursuits as light pastimes for students and faculty.
Missouri man discovers straw cigars method
A Missouri man has developed a process to make cigars from straw but could face major legal action for patent or infringement claims if he attempts to market it.
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Missouri
Poverty Praise Echoed by Carnegie Adorers
Observers praised poverty as a blessing while noting that the loudest advocates for its virtues are often the most successful in dodging want themselves.
Cotton Ball Weevil Alarm Is Blamed on Speculators
A brief note questions the panic over the cotton ball weevil, suggesting speculation by cotton traders fuels fear. The remark condemns the idea that worry comes from market opportunism rather than actual threat.
Boxers Praise Fitzsimmons While Aging Standards Rise
Professional pugilists will be lenient in their criticism of Mr. Fitzsimmons' work, bearing in mind that he is only forty years old. When he has grown to be 75 or 80 he will expect to be judged by severer standards.
Fourth R Added to the Three R’s in America
The head of the Mosely educational commission praised a new addition to the classic three Rs, declaring that Americans now embrace readin, ritin, rithmetic and reason as the extended curriculum.
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Mosely Educational Commission
America
New Facial Shaving Method Promises Beard Removal
A new shaving method involves smearing the face with a foamy lather and rubbing it off to pluck the beard away. The skin may peel, but the primary aim remains to remove facial hair.
Cotton growers to gain 200 million more this year
It is estimated that the cotton raisers of the South will receive 200 million dollars more for their cotton this year than they did for last year's crop. A number who dabbed in cotton stocks recently may believe they know where the extra money comes from.
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South
Wall Street
Sweet Words in Herald Personal Ad Stir Controversy
A New York Herald personal ad proclaims "You are the sweetest and best woman," prompting readers to question if any woman could resist believing such flattery. The cheeky remark sparks curiosity about social norms and dating culture of the era.
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New York Herald
Prisoner to Live on Breakfast Foods in Texas Penitentiary
A condemned man sentenced to 1000 years in Texas will face a strict diet of breakfast foods as a condition to survive the long term.
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Texas
Bo's'n Deery Recounts Courage in Winter Towline Rescue
Bo's'n Deery swam through a raging winter sea to set a new towline on the Adder, exhibiting cold-water courage rarer than valor in action.
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Bo's
Deery
Man who tried to shoot Bank of England secretary holds odd wealth views
The man who attempted to shoot the Bank of England secretary is described as holding peculiar views on wealth distribution. This characterization stands as a notable detail in reports about the incident.
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Bank of England
Passing of a famous old Missouri mine No 15
Rich Hill coal mine No 15, once Missouri’s largest diamond coal producer, will close at month end. The shaft near Rich Hill operated fourteen years, yielding about 3.15 million tons and net profits near eight and a half million dollars after wages and costs. Only seven fatalities occurred in its history. Workers included many notable union men from UMWA circles.
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Rich Hill
Rich Hill Coal Company
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Illinois
Indian Territory
Old No. 15
Ancient six horse wagon relic from Missouri's early days
Henry D. Martin of Jackson township Callaway County preserves a six horse wagon with a crescent blue bed and iron bound box. Painted “Made in Madison Virginia Inns by John Fishback” it carried wheat, notes and money in the 1800s and even hauled goods from St. Louis for merchant W. B. Kidwell. The wagon remains in good running order as a historic farm relic.
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Mexico
Henry D. Martin
Jackson Township
Callaway County
Missouri
Madison
Virginia
John Fishback
Martin
Joseph Everhart
Joseph
James H. Tureman
Williamsburg
Fulton
Joe Everhart
New Florence
Mr. Everhart
St. Louis
State Board of Education Renews Indebtedness in Missouri
Jefferson City, Mo. The Missouri State Board of Education met Saturday and issued three renewal certificates, two to the seminary fund and one to the state school fund, each running twenty years. Totals include 322,000 for the school fund and 5.00, 242,000 for seminary funds. Six certificates overall total 401. These funds support public schools and the state university at Columbia, plus the Rolla School of Mines and Metallurgy. The board will reconvene next month to sign further renewal certificates.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Board of Education
Seminary Fund
Cone
State University
Columa
School of Mines and Metal ‘Urey
Rolla
Dunn death sentence faces commutation bid in Missouri
Jefferson City reports efforts to induce Governor Dockery to commute the death penalty of Mark Dunn, slated for execution January 15 in St. Joseph after the Missouri Supreme Court overruled a rehearing. Dunn killed Alfred Fenton at Rushville in 1902, and authorities note the state's practice of granting respite in such cases.
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Jefferson City
Guv
Dockery
Mark Dunn
St. Joseph
Supreme Court
Dunn
Alfred Fenton
Rushville
Riot arrests in Keota linked to Christmas Eve deaths
Macon Missouri reports William Ellis Abner Hory Muse Woods W T Johnson and Monroe Howard three Negroes were arrested and jailed after a coroner jury charged them with precipitating a riot in the earlier district on Christmas Eve. The riot left Italian miners Cisara Berganoni and Giacoma Giaconitsi dead. Italians reportedly had no pistols and were not seeking trouble.
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Macon
William Ellis
Abner Hory
Muse Woods
W. T. Johnson
Monroe Howard
Keota
Eallier
Cisara Berganoni
Giacoma Giaconitsi
Mysterious Park Avenue Shooting in Rich Hill Maine
A 24 year old planist Jes ter Higgins was shot on Park avenue near the Pacific house, a revolver fired close to his clothing. Wound to the stomach is serious but prognosis hopeful. Police suspect a young local man from a prominent family. motive and identity remain unresolved.
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Rich Hill
Park Avenue
Jester Higgins
Pacifice House
Missouri governor grants two holiday pardons
Jefferson City Missouri Gov Dockery granted two holiday pardons to long term convicts. Kirk Lowell an a hero was convicted in September 1241. In Jasper County a second degree murder sentence life in the penitentiary. Sir Abernathy convicted in September 1848 in Scott County received ten years with about three months to serve.
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Jefferson City
Osteopathy School Stays in Kirksville Amid Offers
The American School of Osteopathy will remain in Kirksville despite Des Moines bids. Management tells the Citizens' Committee gifts are neither requested nor accepted, but asks residents to build a new building and lease it to the school which has outgrown its current quarters.
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Kirksville
Explosion at Independent Powder plant kills two in Joplin
In Sunray a startling discovery near the Independent Powder Co plant, recently blown up near Joplin Mo, suggests enemies may be responsible. Battery wires connected the plant to nearby woods. Officials say a thorough investigation will follow as several workers were injured.
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Joplin
Independent Powder Co
Holt County Fancy Poultry Exhibition Closes in Oregon Mo
The Holt County Fancy Poultry Association exhibition in Oregon Missouri closed Saturday. Judge HE Rhoads of Topeka called it the largest and best barred Plymouth Rock display in the West with over 200 specimens on show. The next exhibit will be held in Mound City the second week in December next year.
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Oregon
Holt County Fancy Poultry Association
HE. Rhoads
Topeka
Mound City
Old Bet the mule dies after 45 years service in Missouri
Fayette Missouri reports the death of Old Bet, touted as the oldest mule in the state. The animal, owned by Dudley Leach, died Christmas day after a hearty meal. Old Bet carried Leach across the plains and through the Civil War.
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Fayette
Missouri
Dudley Leach
Mr. Leach
Joplin Youth Kills Father in Home Fight
In Joplin Missouri Bert K Barron 17 shot and killed Matthies Barron 47 at 4 am Friday on East Seventh Street while protecting his mother from an assault by his father. Barron youth was arrested and jailed claiming the shooting was accidental.
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Joplin
Bert K. Barron
Matthies Barron
East Seventh Street
Marron
Young Barron
Russia
Chicago
France
Italy
King of
Naples
Pennsylvania
Charles Brown
Pineville
Los Angeles
Cal
Bert Barron
Acre
Bolivia
Brazil
New York City
C. Oliver [Selin
Olympia
Cartagena
United States
Beaupre
Colon
London
Paris
Council Bauffs
Iowa
New York Department of Labor
Garisenda
Bologna
Baron Franchetti
Far East
Dreyfus
Geological Survey
Anna N. Spence
Alexander County
New York
Christmas at Missouri Penitentiary Delights Inmates
Jefferson City Missouri reports a holiday scene as state offices close for Christmas. At the Penitentiary 2300 convicts enjoyed the inclosure with games and lunch counters set up by enterprising inmates. A 2 PM turkey feast followed, funded by the prison’s Christmas dinner cost of 3 dollars.
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Jefferson City
Robbery hits Gayoso Post Office in Missouri
Caruthersville district reports the Gayoso Post Office five miles north was robbed last week of money and stamps totaling $1,000. Postmaster Harry Henderson alerted the Inspector and summoned bloodhounds.
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Caruthersville
Gayoso
Here
Harry Henderson
Fayette city collector Thomas Hellyer dies in store
Fayette Missouri city collector and former American Express agent Thomas D. Hellyer collapsed Saturday morning in a store. Medical examiners attributed the death to heart failure.
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Fayette
Thomas D. Hellyer
American Express
Murder in Pineville Saloon Sparks Nighttime Hunt
Charles Brown was killed in a Pineville saloon during a drunken brawl with Burt Edwards, who fled into the woods and remains at large. Brown, recently married, was described as from a good family. Police report Edwards’ Bethpage home as his destination.
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Joplin
Pineville
Charles Brown
Burt Edwards
Bethpage
Edwards
Drown
Death of Philip F. Wentz Found in Box Car
In St Joseph Missouri the body of Philip F. Wentz secretary of Wenz Shoe Company was found hanging from a wire in an empty box car at Burlington yards Saturday. Although officials call it suicide relatives suspect foul play due to bruises. He had been missing since Friday morning after telling his wife he was going to his office.
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St. Joseph
Philip F. Wentz
Wenz Shoe Company
Burlington Yards
Wenz
Prisoner escapes Missouri Pacific train at coal chutes
Clarence Dansby, a four year convict from Jasper county, jumped through a car window of a Missouri Pacific passenger train in Jefferson City Saturday night and vanished. He was being transported to the penitentiary by Sheriff Owens and two deputies when the escape occurred as the train stopped for coal and he picked the lock on his handcuffs.
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Jefferson City
Clarence Dansby
Jasper County
Missouri Pacific
Owens
Baker shoots two then kills self in Galena jealousy tragedy
Joplin, Missouri reports Charles Snyder a Galena baker shot and fatally wounded T. J. Etzen, a bakery owner, and Lizzie Reed, both employed by Etzen, before committing suicide. Jealousy is cited as the motive.
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Joplin
Charles Snyder
T. J. Etzen
Lizzie Reed
Galena
Ejtzen
Snyder
Couple Marries in Paducah Ceremony
Paducah Kentucky reports the wedding of Mr. Joe Brown and Miss Sarah Hartley both of Troy Missouri. The Nuptial took place Saturday with Reverend T. J. Newell officiating.
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Paducah
Joe Brown
Sarah Hartley
Troy
T. J. Newell
World's Greatest Suspension Bridge Opens to Traffic in Eastern Metropolis
The New York World describes the Williamsburg Bridge opening last week as the greatest bridge in the world. It cost about $11 million, spans 7,264 feet, and will carry about 128,000 passengers per hour. Mayor Low led officials across the length amid fireworks, speeches, and a parade, highlighting its scale and impact on Manhattan, Williamsburg, and Long Island.
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New York
Williamsburg
James Creelman
Manhattan
Lone Island
Low
Mayor Low
Bronx
Richmond
Borwitch
Swanstrom
Brooklyn
New Williamsburg Bridge Opens to Public Walkers
Residents and officials walked the new Williamsburg Bridge from the Brooklyn end to the Williamsburg plaza amid cold winds and photographers. The mass procession admired the steel spans while noting the bridge’s 17 432 miles of steel wire, cables, and massive weight. Construction began in 1906 with delays from a 1902 fire, and current plans include widening Delancey Street and opening the north roadway for pedestrians before completing footways and rail arrangements. The project total is about 11 million dollars with ongoing demolition of surrounding Poverty Hollow areas.
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Williamsburg
Wie
Hamsburg
New York Towers
Manhattan Tower
Delancey Street
Manhattan
Poverty Hollow
Articles Used by Senators in Last Year Expenditures
Charles G. Bennett reports the senate expenditures for the prior year revealing items more boudoir than official. The stationery room sold manicure sets and wrist bags up to 30 dollars, card and leather cases, and such items. The sergeant at arms office dispensed quinine pills, court plaster, pepsin, soda, mint tablets, bearing drops and bay rum amounts.
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Charles G. Bennett
United States Senate
Sergeant At Arms
Triumph of Engineering as Brooklyn Bridge Surpasses Older Span
The Brooklyn Bridge stands as a high water mark in bridge design after generations of use. The new bridge surpasses the old in all major dimensions, cable by cable, and is described as the greatest suspension bridge in the world, with length only surpassed by the Firth Bridge.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Ty OF & Towers
Williamsburg Befdee
Brooklyn Bridge
Stanford graduate named head of library division in Washington
George Winfield Scott of Stanford, class of '06, is appointed chief of the newly created division of law at the Library of Congress in Washington. The administrative post carries a salary of three dollars a year. He will travel to Europe in the interest of advancing the division's work.
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George Winfield Scott
Stanford University
Division of Law
Library of Congress
Washington
Europe
Too Strenuous For Russians In Beveridge Book Preface
Senator Beveridge of Indiana attempted to record Russian advances with an interpreter. The first day ended with the Russian exhausted, the second day with collapse, and by the third night he requested rest and disappeared. Beveridge then adopted a relay system of interpreters, noting Russians lack real staying power.
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Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Beveridge
Mel Hanna's Florida-like Georgia Winter Estate Tale
Mel Hanna brother of an Ohio senator owns a 3500 acre winter retreat near Thomasville Georgia. President McKinley enjoyed pleasant days there and the property offers deer turkey quail hunting for northern guests. Hanna, long a Republican, says local political questions align him with the dominant race.
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Mel” Hanna
Ohio
Thomasville
Hanna
President McKinley
America
South
Senator Tillmans Counterfeit Bill Debacle
Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina received a counterfeit hundred dollar bill in partial payment for a Savannah lecture on the race question. He deposited it with the Senate's financial clerk in Washington, and soon afterward was in-
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South
Benjamin Tillman
South Carolina
Savannah
Senate
Washington
New Bridge Plans Update and Transport Changes
A long report describes a new bridge of 118 feet width replacing an older structure. The new design features two 25 foot roadways, two double track trolley lanes, two promenades, two seven foot cycle paths, and a central space for elevated cars. The old bridge had only 5 feet of width and no trolley facilities. The government expects ten months of operation before relocation to South America where duties include law work and library book gathering. the subject, Mr. Scott, is a New Yorker with Columbia, Cornell, Chicago, and Penn scholarships. A separate note mentions a counterfeit bill issue tied to a Savannah bank and treasury department concerns.
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South America
Library of Congress
Scott
New York
Columbia
Cornell
Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Rose From the Ranks Civil War Leaders Rise
Gen Young began his military career as a private in the Twelfth Pennsylvania in 1861 and will be succeeded by Gen Chaffee, a former private in the Sixth Cavalry. Chaffee enlisted in 1861 and will retire in 1906. The last two chiefs of the general staff thus rose from the ranks, while six of seventeen generals in chief came from West Point, a number that did not command during the Civil War.
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Young
Twelfth
Pennsylvania Infantry
Gen. Chaffee
Chaffee
Sixth Cavalry
United States Army
Tront
Schofield
Ivil
Young South Carolina Governor Touted for Confederate Honor
The youthful Governor BD. C. Hey ward of South Carolina addressed an ex Confederate veterans meeting. One veteran proposed awarding him the Confederate Cross of Honor. The resolution passed, but the governor noted he was too young to have served in the Confederacy.
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BD. C. Heyward
South Carolina
Effort to Choose Missouri’s Twelve Greatest Citizens
Four residents of Missouri have been invited to share opinions as sketches of the lives and challenges of twelve leading Missourians may be published. The project seeks broad input from citizens to shape a featured series.
Unanimous Support for Benton and Blair in State Votes
The record notes votes have been unanimously cast for two men, Thomas Hart Benton and Frank Preston Blair, acknowledged as the state’s most serviceable figures. The passage underscores broad approval for their roles.
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Thomas Hart Benton
Frank Preston Blair
Viljoen denies marriage rumor and reports on South Africa
Gen. Ben J. Viljoen, former Boer commander, dismisses claims he has married a music hall singer. He comments on Transvaal conditions, saying operations are nearly at a standstill, the first two postwar crops failed, and repatriation proceeds very slowly.
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Ben J. Viljoen
Transvaal
Monument plan revived for Hawthorne's Lenox cottage
The effort to build a Hawthorne monument on the Lenox cottage site where he lived in 1850 has been renewed. The cottage burned over a decade ago, leaving few relics of his stay besides his 32 agony desk, now held by the Berkshire Athenaeum for about $71.72.
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Hawthorne
Lenox
Berkshire Athenaeum
Fearful opening draws clergy to McKeesport boxing night
At a McKeesport athletic club debut, prize fights featuring local names drew headliners from the area. Spectators included several clergymen in disguise, and fear mounts that preaching leaders may attack promoters from the pulpit over the event.
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McKeesport
Adviser to King Edward grows in influence in England
Reports indicate King Edward relies on a small circle of confidential advisers, with Lord Esher rising in prominence. The volunteer leader and South African war commission member chairs a new committee to advise on creating a board for the war office’s administrative duties, marking him as a rising figure.
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England
Edward
Lord Esher
War Office
Chamberlain’s Nephew Touring Canada in Carriage of Business
Arthur Chamberlain of Birmingham, nephew of Joseph Chamberlain, is touring Canada partly on business and partly on leisure. He resembles his uncle and carries himself as a sharp, shrewd man of business.
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Chamberlain
Arthur Chamberlain
Birmingham
England
Joseph Chamberlain
Canada
Joseph
Arbitration treaty signed between Italy and France in Paris
A wide array of global items dominated the resume. An arbitration treaty between Italy and France is signed in Paris while other reports include thefts of sermons in Houston, a Chicago death of law partner to Lincoln, naval movements, revolts in German Southwest Africa, fires in Joliet and Memphis, Dreyfus case developments, and various economic, political, and social events across nations.
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Italy
France
Paris
Houston
Tex
Hiram W. Beckwith
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Patric
London
Bondelzwarts
Africa
Joliet
Prison Child Alma Greason of Reading Jail Life
Alma Greason, two and a half, born in Reading jail to a condemned couple. Her mother and reputed father, both under death sentence, are kept in separate parts of the jail as the child roams between warden’s family and the death watch. The murder case hinges on suspicion and race, and the prison child has become a focal point for charity and debate.
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Reading
Alma Greason
Alma
Samuel Greason
Greason
John Edwards
Stouchburg
Kate
Edwards
Notable Hill of Hope Paraphrase Poem Note
A reflective poem compares pursuing success to a distant hill seen through haze. The speaker speaks of waning hopes, exhausted effort, and the journey's rough ascent. Success remains distant and requires persistent travel, while the hill stays visible yet unreached across the misty space.
Coffee Question Sparks Sleep Sleepiness Tale
An admiralty clerk offers luncheon coffee to a brother official from the War Office. His reply, Good heavens, no, coffee would rob him of sleep this afternoon. The exchange is recounted as true from the London Globe.
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Admiralty
War Office
lLondon
Heidelberg Professor Teaches Journalism Practices
Dr. A. Koch of the University of Heidelberg lectures on journalism while guiding pupils to write editorials reports book reviews and criticisms of entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Koch
University of Heidelberg
Municipal Tramway Profits Rise for City Councils
The London city council now makes 69000 pounds a year from tramways. Leeds corporation secures from a similar source an income of 21000 pounds.
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London City Council
Leeds Corporation
Child’s Christmas Bible Gift Shocks Grandmother
William received a colorful Bible stories volume at Christmas and showed great interest. After one story failed to hold his fascination, he sighed and told his grandmother the book was too fine to read and should be kept on the shelf to avoid spoilage.
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William
Tunnel Support Method for Hudson Crossing
The Pennsylvania railroad plans to support its track part of the way on screw piles connected by independent orders, relieving the tunnel of train weight. This approach is unprecedented in tunnel construction. The East River tunnels in New York are nearly all in rock.
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Hudson
Pennsylvania Railroad
East River
New York
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